ऊह

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /uːɦ/, [uːʱ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अहह (ahaha). Doublet of ओह (oh) and अहह (ahah).

Interjection

ऊह • (ūh) (Urdu spelling اُوہ)

1. oh no! (an interjection used for expressing sorrow, pain or distress)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊह (ūha), ultimately from the root ऊह् (ūh).

Noun

ऊह • (ūh) m (Urdu spelling اُوہ)

1. reasoning, deliberation, inference
2. inferring and denying
3. uncertainty, indecision

Declension

Declension of ऊह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ऊह ūh	ऊह ūh
oblique	ऊह ūh	ऊहों ūhõ
vocative	ऊह ūh	ऊहो ūho

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ऊह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ऊह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ऊह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঊহ (Assamese script)
• ᬊᬳ (Balinese script)
• ঊহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰅𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀊𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဦဟ (Burmese script)
• ઊહ (Gujarati script)
• ਊਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌊𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂈𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಊಹ (Kannada script)
• ឩហ (Khmer script)
• ອູຫ (Lao script)
• ഊഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘅𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠤᠤᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦥𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐅𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଊହ (Odia script)
• ꢇꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆈𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖅𑖮 (Siddham script)
• ඌහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚅𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஊஹ (Tamil script)
• ఊహ (Telugu script)
• อูห (Thai script)
• ཨཱུ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒆𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ऊह् (ūh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /uː.ɦɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ɦɐ/

Noun

ऊह • (ūha) stem, m

1. removing, derangement, transposition, change, modification
2. adding, addition
3. the act of comprehending, conceiving
4. consideration, deliberation, examination
5. supposition, conclusion, inference

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ऊह (ūha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऊहः ūhaḥ	ऊहौ / ऊहा¹ ūhau / ūhā¹	ऊहाः / ऊहासः¹ ūhāḥ / ūhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	ऊह ūha	ऊहौ / ऊहा¹ ūhau / ūhā¹	ऊहाः / ऊहासः¹ ūhāḥ / ūhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ऊहम् ūham	ऊहौ / ऊहा¹ ūhau / ūhā¹	ऊहान् ūhān
Instrumental	ऊहेन ūhena	ऊहाभ्याम् ūhābhyām	ऊहैः / ऊहेभिः¹ ūhaiḥ / ūhebhiḥ¹
Dative	ऊहाय ūhāya	ऊहाभ्याम् ūhābhyām	ऊहेभ्यः ūhebhyaḥ
Ablative	ऊहात् ūhāt	ऊहाभ्याम् ūhābhyām	ऊहेभ्यः ūhebhyaḥ
Genitive	ऊहस्य ūhasya	ऊहयोः ūhayoḥ	ऊहानाम् ūhānām
Locative	ऊहे ūhe	ऊहयोः ūhayoḥ	ऊहेषु ūheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऊह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 223, column 1.